The New Handbook of Cognitive Therapy Techniques [Hardcover]

Rian E. McMullin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2000 | ISBN-10: 0393703134 | ISBN-13: 978-0393703139 | Edition: 2

This how-to reference provides the therapist with an immediately usable guide to cognitive therapy.

It describes, explains, and demonstrates over a hundred cognitive therapy techniques, offering for each the theoretical basis, a thumbnail description of the method, case examples, and resources for further information.

Cognitive restructuring therapy is based on the truth: If we change our thoughts, we change ourselves. It tackles, with logic, persistence, and creativity, the distorted beliefs underlying our emotional responses to everyday events. With dozens of soft, hard, and objective countering techniques, as well as methods to encourage perceptual shifts, this book is a huge toolbox for cognitive therapy practitioners.

In this major revision of his 1986 Handbook of Cognitive Therapy Techniques, McMullin has added seven new chapters which explain how to teach basic concepts, how to uncover harmful schemes, and how to resynthesize historical and cultural beliefs. He directs special attention to using these strategies with addicted clients and with severely mentally ill patients. In addition, he has tripled the number of examples, dialogues, case transcripts, and illustrations.

Whether they are new to cognitive therapy or have been using it for years, clinicians will find here a rich, engaging, practical resource.

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About the Author

Rian E. McMullin, Ph.D., is director of the Counseling Research Institute, a licensed clinical psychologist at the Hawaii State Hospital, and on the clinical-associate faculties at the University of Hawaii and the American School of Professional Psychology. He is the author of eight books, including (with T. Giles) Cognitive-Behavior Therapy: A Restructuring Approach and (with B. Casey) Talk Sense to Yourself: A Guide to Cognitive Restructuring Therapy.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 2 edition (2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393703134
• ISBN-13: 978-0393703139
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #224,674 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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---Rian E. Mc Mullin is an internationally known psychologist. With colleagues he originated Cognitive Restructuring Therapy a form of psychotherapy which is used in mental health centers, hospitals and counseling agencies throughout the world. His therapy is part of the cognitive revolution in psychology today.
---He has worked in many psychological positions during his professional career. He first served as a social psychologist for the U.S. Army in Georgia and then for the U.S. Department of Health working as an epidemiologist in Houston, Texas. He directed a counseling program for the Bureau of Blind services in Tallahassee, Florida. After receiving his Ph.D. at Florida State University, he served as assistant director of a college counseling center in Pennsylvania. He was a senior clinical psychologist in a large urban mental health center in Denver, Colorado. He founded and directed his own counseling research institute in Lakewood, Colorado and now in Hawaii. He was deputy chief psychologist for a major public hospital in Sydney, Australia. He directed an outpatient treatment program on the Big Island, Hawaii, and worked at a private hospital and had a private practice in Seattle, Washington. He has been a senior clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychology for the State of Hawaii. At present, he is in private practice in Kaneohe, HI.
---While carrying a full time clinical caseload, Dr. McMullin has counseled thousands of clients from a variety of cultures around the United States and across the world such as Australia, Polynesia and Micronesia. He has worked with clients of all ages and from all classes and economic levels (millionaires to economically deprived). They have ranged from growth clients to those who were psychotically disturbed.
---He has published 13 books and written over 36 conference papers, journals, or media articles. He has also conducted hundreds of workshops, seminars, and symposia on counseling and psychotherapy to hospitals, universities, mental health centers, and private treatment agencies in many locations. He has supervised hundreds of other therapists such as psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and other mental health professionals and was a clinical supervisor and adjunct faculty for many colleges and universities.

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61 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent breakdown of cognitive techniques, March 17, 2001

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Brett Anderson (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Handbook of Cognitive Therapy Techniques (Hardcover)

McMullin does an excellent job of taking a fluid process such as therapy and breaking it down into its component parts. McMullin demystifies therapy by breaking the techniques down they are more easily applied in practice. For each technique there are real life examples and application, research and his personal thoughts on the effectiveness of the technique. McMullin also refuses to get lost in the technique and also describes the mechanism of faulty automatic thoughts in excellent detail. This book is designed for especially for professionals, students, but might also be useful to someone who is actively involved in psychology as a client or significant other to someone in therapy. After having read this book I felt much more confident that I would be able to handle situations in my private practice.

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A useful and practical text on cognitive therapy, August 12, 2000

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andrew weaver - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Handbook of Cognitive Therapy Techniques (Hardcover)

  The New Handbook of Cognitive Therapy Techniques by Rian E. McMullin, Ph.D. offers a wide assortment of cognitive therapy techniques framed and explained by useful case illustrations. It is a practical text that provides the mental health professional with a usable guide to cognitive therapy. Dr. McMullin integrates several decades of clinical experience with his mastery of cognitive theory and practice. Recommended without reservation!!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for shrinks!, May 31, 2008

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Michele Ryan - See all my reviews

This review is from: The New Handbook of Cognitive Therapy Techniques (Hardcover)

Very good book and very well written. I'm a student in the UK studying a different subject and needed a quick reference as an example of applied cognitive therapy. But I enjoyed this book so much that I read the entire thing. The author writes in a very clear and entertaining way. You won't be disappointed if you buy this book.